Difficult position to be in
Published 4/23/2008 by Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff at Boston.com -- Football news
It's been five years, but Rob Ryan still remembers. Ryan, then the Patriots' linebacker coach, was sent to the University of Maine to work out a prospect head coach Bill Belichick had identified as a possible fit for his 3-4 defense, the rare player the team might be able to plug in at the position.
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